A fixed link and a set of better descriptions re-beautifies this links post! Click and find out more about famous philosophers, an awesome photography project, a funny cartoon, and a neat online conversion tool!
Category Archives: Friday around the Web
Four links every Friday, varying from the funny to the thoughtful, the entertaining to the useful.
3 Oddest Words, Avengers on Facebook, Scottish Fold Kitten, and Free Video Tools
The Three Oddest Words (poem)
I never thought about the words “future,” “silence,” and “nothing” quite like this!
The Avengers on Facebook (funny image)
Hee hee, very in-character!
Scottish Fold Kitten (video)
Can you withstand 1 minute and 23 seconds of this barrage of cuteness? 😀
18 Free Online Video Converters and Downloaders
Probably needs a good update, but this is still a pretty comprehensive list!
Redo: Destressing, Pattern Maker, Dinosaur Theory, and I Can’t Find My Phone
Just a bit of link tidying makes this links post 100% functional again! YAY!
Living Longer Scientifically, Ultra Hi-Fi Music Box, Mountain in Spring, and Cheap Wedding Steps
NPR: Healthful Living May Lengthen Telomeres–and Lifespans
If we live more healthfully, we may in fact live longer–at the cellular level!
Flight of the Conchords’ Ultra-High Fidelity Music Box
CRAZY awesome (and funny) Flash music player…explore and check this band’s music out!
Desktop Wallpaper: Mountain in Spring
Gorgeous mountainscape with scudding clouds and lush grass.
7 Steps for a Cheap Wedding
It can be done!!
Redo: Kids’ Inventions, Eyeball, How to Write a College Paper, and Birth Year Info
Fixed a couple of broken links and rewrote all the descriptions for this links post–click to browse and enjoy!
Napping Facts, Truth and Lies Posters, Twin Dancers, and Mastering Google
25 Napping Facts Every College Student Should Know
How napping actually makes you smarter, boosts your creativity, and gives all sorts of other benefits. Napping has been officially verified! 😀
12 Hilarious Truth and Lies Posters (pics)
ACCURATE posters. I love “the dog did it. (but it might have been me)” and the “I’m on a diet. (of great-tasting food)”.
Les Twins Dancing to “Edit Ants”
Watch these two dancers perform an impromptu combination of hip-hop and robot-style moves!
Get More out of Google (Infographic)
Learn how to Google search the collegiate way, to get better and more reliable search results.
Redo: Philosophers, Shuffle, Lamp vs. Chair, and Barcode Art
Learn about philosophers AND do a little bit of gaming with this refreshed links post! (Bonus: cool barcode Internet tool and a funny shirt!)
Nietzsche Quote, Clumsy Animals, How Smart Are You?, and WhatsMyPersonality.com
Thoughtful Nietzsche Quote
Great quote by Nietzsche about fighting with monsters and gazing into abysses.
15 GIFs of Some Animals Who Don’t Know What Just Happened
Animals tripping, falling, and otherwise ending up in strange situations…hey, it’s a GIF set about my life! LOL
How Smart Are You?
Read this simple sentence. How many Fs do you see? Trickier than it looks!
WhatsMyPersonality.com
Cartoony, kid-friendly guide to the Myers-Briggs Personality test.
Redo: Spanish Poetry, Street Fighter II, Bubble Sheet Prank, and PortableApps
Check out this improved links post, now with better descriptions and a fixed link! 🙂
Self-Reflection, What Do Stormtroopers Do?, Rotate2 Game, and Spreeder
Hansei (“self-reflection”): Wikipedia Article
Hansei is a central idea in Japanese culture; it means to acknowledge your own mistake and to pledge improvement. Really interesting read!
What Do Stormtroopers Do?
Based on the hilarious six-picture memes of various people’s jobs. LOVE IT!!
Rotate2
Rotate all the pipe shapes so that they all connect and don’t have loose ends. This is a mental workout!
Spreeder
Train yourself to speed-read with this great little Internet tool!